ok exact process to reproduce 1. groupadd sharedtest // create's the "sharedtest" group
1. cat /etc/group |grep sharedtest // verifies it's been added ie output is >> sharedtest:x:552: 3. mkdir /home/sharedtest;chown root.sharedtest /home/sharedtest; ls -lad /home/sharedtest >> output should look like drwxr-xr-x 2 root sharedtest 4096 Apr 8 15:43 /home/sharedtest 4. chmod g+s /home/sharedtest; ls -lad /home/sharedtest drwxr-sr-x 2 root sharedtest 4096 Apr 8 15:43 /home/sharedtest 5. adduser testuser 6. add testuser to group sharedtest 7. verify testuser is a member of sharedtest by doing a su testuser - then typing groups 8. touch /home/testuser/testfile ;ls -la /home/testuser/testfile 9. cp /home/testuser/testfile /home/sharedtest/; ls -la testfile permissions should be testuser sharedtest then do the same as above with testfile2 ... this time "cp -a /testuser/testfile2 /home/sharedtest/ permissions should be testuser testuser login using gdm to gnome as user testuser now use Nautilus to drag a file called testfile3 from the home directory of testuser to /home/shared The result,,, the same as a cp -a ... a stands for archive and is for backing up. .It is not the desirable default behaviour. -- setgid not respected when copying into a directory https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/36647 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
